Of farming & classics : a memoir /
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| Author / Creator: | Grene, David. |
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| Edition: | Paperback ed. |
| Imprint: | Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, 2008. |
| Description: | xii, 169 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7786558 |
| Summary: | A fiercely independent thinker, colorful storyteller, and spirited teacher, David Grene devoted his life to two things: farming, which he began as a boy in Ireland and continued into old a≥ and classics, which he taught for several decades that culminated in his translating and editing, with Richmond Lattimore, the Complete Greek Tragedies.<br> In this charming memoir, which he wrote before his death in 2002 at the age of eighty-nine, Grene weaves together these interests to tell a quirky and absorbing story of the sometimes turbulent and always interesting life he split between the University of Chicago--where he helped found the Committee on Social Thought--and the farm he kept back in Ireland.<br> Grene's form and humor are quite his own, and his brilliant storytelling will enthrall anyone interested in the classics, rural Ireland, or twentieth-century intellectual history, especially as it pertains to the University of Chicago.<br> "An illuminating read for every classical scholar engaged with the current quest for the subject's roots, and the excavation of the way that it has evolved over the past century and a half."--Edith Hall, Times Literary Supplement <br> "David Grene reminds us of two crucial aspects of modern life exemplified by this rare individual. First is the symbiosis between the life of contemplation and action--and just how it is that hard physical and dirty work offers real value in rediscovering nature, bringing with it a certain pragmatism that permeates reading and thinking. . . . Second, Grene reminds us of what constitutes success in life."--Victor Davis Hanson, New York Sun |
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| Item Description: | Originally published: 2006. |
| Physical Description: | xii, 169 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226308029 (pbk.) 0226308022 (pbk.) |